Combined butt and lock gage.



PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

J. M. HEALING.

COMBINED BUTT AND LOOK GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1906.

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COMBINED BUTT AND LOCK GAGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1906.

Application filed July 17, 1906. Serial No. 326.543.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH MONTGOMERY REALING, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Daytona, in the county of Volusia and State ofFlorida, have invented a new and Improved Combined Buttand Look Gage, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improved measuring and marking'means combining in asingle device a square, a bevel, and a marking-gage, all of which arebrought together in a novel and useful manner, so that theefi'ectiveness of one does not impair the efficiency of the others, butare designed to cooperate with each other. A tool of this kind isparticularly useful in hanging and trimming doors, marking off butt andlock lines, affording the use of a try-square, also a depth-gage in dooroperations, as will be made apparent hereinafter.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improved device complete. Fig. 2is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view through the stock, takensubstantially on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a transversesectional view of the device on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with the bladeremoved; and Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the device.

The device comprises a stock 1, mainly constructed of metal, withparallel edges, having an upper end 2, beveled on an angle of forty-fivedegrees, and a square cut-out portion 3 at its center, primarily for thepurpose of insuring lightness. The stock 1 is slotted parallel to itsfaces, extending almost its entire length, for receiving a blade 4, saidblade being graduated on both sides and constructed with a dependinggraduated extension 5, providing means whereby the device may be used asa square. The extension 5' has an opening 6 of rectangular formationwith its edges parallel to the edges of the extension, affording ahandheld for grasping the blade to adjust it at the desired position inthe stock. The length of the extension 5 is substantially equal to thelength of the slotted portion of the stock which is designed to receiveit and is adapted to be held therein by means of a screw 7, threadedthrough the bottom end of the stock, and having an eye 8 at its outerend, by which it may be conveninto this end of the stock.

iently operated, said eye being seated in a recess 9 in the bottom endof the stock when the screw is screwed up in place. If the extension 5is to be withdrawn from the stock to a point where the screw 7 will beunable to clamp it in place, a bent pin 10, having a slotted end 11 forengaging the under edge of the blade 4, is employed, as shown in Fig. 2.This pin when in place is positioned between the blade and the screw 7and the latter tightened to bind the blade against movement. When thepin 10 is not in use, it is inserted in alining holes through the bottomend of the stock and in an enlargement 12, formed thereon, the bend inthe pin affording a binding action when in said holes, therebypreventing its accidental displacement. When the pin is to be withdrawnfrom its holder, a notch 13, substantially midway of its length, isdesigned to form a means by which the pin may be forced out with thefingernail or other device.

hen the blade 4 is held in the stock, as shown in Fig. 2, it may be emloyed in laying oil lines at right angles to eac 1 other and parallel tothe edges of the stock and also indicating the point at which thekeyhole of a lock and hole for the knob-bar of the same are to be bored,holes 14 in the extension 5 being for this purpose and are spaced aparta distance equal to that in several of the standard locks in generaluse.

At the upper end of the beveled end 2 of the stock is secured aprojection 15, at right angles thereto, and in a central plane of thestock designed to cooperate with the projecting angle of the block 4 andalso with two projecting scribing-points 16, placed at diametricalpoints on a screw-head 17, threaded A set-screw 18, let into a recess inthe opposite edge of the stock, binds on the screw 17 and holds thescribing-points 1.6 in adjusted relation. This device will be founduseful as a marking-gage when a single line is to be scribed on the edgeof a door or the like from either side.

It is apparent that when the screw 17 is turned until thescribing-points 16 are out of alinement with the extension 15 thescribingpoints will travel in two paths, ermitting the use of onescribing-point for either right 01' left hand work, as may be desired.This construction will be found useful in marking oll' butt-lines wherethe same are joined to hanging stiles of frames.

Although I have described the invention in detail, it is to beunderstood that the scope thereof is limited by the annexed claims only.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock,and a blade having an extension projecting at right angles theretoadapted to be adjustably held in the slot of the stock, said extensionhaving an opening roviding a handhold for adjusting the b ade andadapted to be passed through the slot of the stock.

2. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, a blade having anextension projecting at right angles thereto slidably mounted in theslot of the stock, means for holding the extension in the slot of thestock, and means coacting therewith for holding the blade in the slot ofthe stock.

3.. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, a blade adaptedto slide in the slot of the stock, an extension projecting from one sideof the blade, a screw for pressing on the extension and holding it inthe slot of the stock, and a pin adapted to be ressed by said screw forholding the blade xed in the slot of the stock when the exten sion iswithdrawn therefrom.

4. In a measuring and marking device, a slotted stock, a blade slidablymounted in the slot of the stock, an extension projecting from one sideof the blade, a screw threaded into the end of the stock, adapted topress on the extension and hold it in fixed relation to 5 the stock, anda bent pin cooperating with the screw to press on the blade and hold itin the stock when the extension is withdrawn therefrom.

5. In a measuring and marking device, a 0- slotted stock, a bladeslidably mounted therein, an. extension projecting from one side of theblade, a screw for pressing on the extension and holding it in fixedrelation to the stock, a bent pin cooperating with the 5 screw forholding the blade in fixed relation to the stock when the extension iswithdrawn therefrom, and a holder in the stock for containing the pinwhen not in use.

6. In a measuring and marking device, a 50 stock having a beveled end, ablade adapted to be adjustably secured thereto, a projection at-rightangles to the bevel end of the stock,

a screw threaded into the bevel end of the stock, having scribingpointsprojecting 55 therefrom, means for ad usting the screw, and means forholding it in adjusted relation.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH MONTGOMERY REALING.

I/Vitnesses:

W. L. DIGGETT, F. J. NIVER.

